Avro Arrow

Ali Jafri Mrs. Neal CHC 2D1 January 7, 2010
The Avro Arrow Tragedy
The Avro Arrow was an all-Canadian aircraft. The Arrow was designed and manufactured in Malton, Ontario. It was the pride of all the employees that worked on it and many other Canadians. Unfortunately, Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker canceled the Arrow program in 1959. The Avro Arrow was such an advanced and profound jet, that no aircraft existed to match up to the Avro Arrow and because it was capable of so much it should not have been cancelled. Firstly, the Arrow would have made Canada advanced in aeronautical technology. Secondly, the Arrow could have protected not only Canada but also the United States from the attacking Russian nuclear missiles. Finally, if the program had not canceled, Canada would not have had to lose part of its brainpower and employees would not have lost their jobs.
The concept of the Arrow and its capability would have made Canada advanced in aeronautical technology. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) wanted a new type of aircraft competent of intercepting missiles. The RCAF looked for similar aircrafts in other countries, such as Britain and the United States; but discovered that there was no aircraft being designed or manufactured that could compare to or was superior to the Arrow. In that case the RCAF and the Liberal government of St. Laurent at the time decided to build an aircraft in Canada, to be designed and built by A.V. Roe Canada. The Arrow would be able to fly out of its base and reach its target in minutes to be able to destroy it with the missile it was equipped with. Thus Canada seeing no other country was building an aircraft, took the opportunity to build their very own original aircraft, which would lead to a great amount of success in its flight tests.
In addition to building the Arrow, a new engine with new technology was built for the Arrow. At first the engines were supposed to be brought from a foreign region along with...